Season 12

Aug. 9, 2023

Midweek Mention... K-PAX

Inspired by the recent testimony of respected former defence official David Grusch, who confirmed before a congressional comittee that the US has been operating an extra-terrestrial crash retrieval and reverse engineering pro...

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Aug. 2, 2023

Midweek Mention... Misery

Welcome back to another episode of Bad Dads Film Review! Your favourite crew of film-loving Dads are back, and this time we're buckling in for an unsettling ride with the chilling thriller, Misery. Directed by Rob Reiner and ...

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July 26, 2023

Midweek Mention... Ong Bak

When a city gang member decapitates the statue of a local deity, villager Ting (Tony Jaa) is sent to Bangkok to return the stolen head to it's rightful owners. That's pretty much it for plot but it's a classic action …

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July 19, 2023

Midweek Mention...Pleasantville

Dan takes us back to a time he remembers fondly, the fabulous 50's and the birth of the boomer generation who single-handedly solve racism in Gary Ross's 1998 fantasy PLEASANTVILLE. I'm being unnecessarily cynical because on ...

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July 12, 2023

Midweek Mention... Heathers

Today, we're stepping into the shoes of rebellious teenagers in the satirical dark comedy classic, "Heathers". Directed by Michael Lehmann, HEATHERS is a 1989 cult film that deconstructs the teen movie genre with a razor-shar...

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July 5, 2023

Thief

Seemingly emerging with many of his career trademarks already on display, THIEF (1981) is writer and director Michael Mann's film debut and features the auteur's usual meticulous attention to detail and commitment to realism ...

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June 28, 2023

Midweek Mention... Meet the Parents

MEET THE PARENTS (2000) is a high water mark in cringe comedy and sees Ben Stiller's Greg Focker ready to marry girlfriend Pam but before he can pop the question, he must win over her formidable father, humourless former CIA …

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June 21, 2023

Sicario

Welcome back to another exciting episode of Bad Dads Film Review! We're your trusty band of Dad cinephiles, here to discuss, dissect, and occasionally disagree over the best and most interesting films the cinema world has to ...

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June 14, 2023

Midweek Mention... Bubba Ho-Tep

Obviously you've seen hundreds of movies in which a fame weary Elvis Presley didn't die and in fact switched places at the peak of his stardom with an impersonator, the real King of Rock and Roll instead winding up in …

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June 7, 2023

Midweek Mention... 2010: The Year We Made Contact

Tune in as your motley crew of Dads voyage through the vast universe of cinema, sharing their thoughts, theories, and endless dad wisdom. Today, we are setting our sights on the cosmos with the intriguingly futuristic film, "...

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May 31, 2023

Midweek Mention... Amadeus

Today, we journey back to the 18th-century Vienna with the remarkable cinematic masterpiece, "Amadeus". This 1984 film, directed by the virtuoso Milos Forman, is an opulent dramatization of the imagined rivalry between two of...

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May 24, 2023

Midweek Mention... Black Hawk Down

Ridley Scott's terrific depiction of the events of the Battle of Mogadishu kicks off Operations week as we watch 2001's BLACK HAWK DOWN. I thought I was being so clever picking this, with the disastrous events of Operation Go...

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July 8, 2022

Tove & The Moomins

One of the best things about podcasting apart from the fun of the actual recording, the really cool people we’ve been able to meet as a result of doing this, the chance we’ve had to indulge our passions, the unity …

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July 1, 2022

Logan Lucky & The Creature Cases

Just three Bad Dads this week and since that's three for the price of none, only you can judge whether that represents value for money. With all of us having equine obsessed daughters it seems suprising that it has taken …

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June 24, 2022

The History of Future Folk & Captain Pugwash

It's never easy writing the show notes when you weren't present for the podcast itself and consequently don't have the overall tone of the discussion to guide you. For instance, the guys talked about the Top 5 Hacking or Comp...

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June 17, 2022

Listener Suggestion... Falling Down

FALLING DOWN (1993) begins innocuously enough when an unnamed white male in his 50's abandons his car in the blazing heat of downtown Los Angeles traffic with the simple and relatable enough desire to get home to his family. ...

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June 10, 2022

The Holy Mountain

We're on something of a hiatus this week but a few months ago Dan and I watched something a little bit different... I'm probably not going out on a limb when I suggest that Chilean surrealist filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky's ...

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June 3, 2022

The Lighthouse & The Magic Roundabout

This weeks show was masterminded by Bad Dad Sidey who would have pleased the many protective headgear enthusiasts in our audience by nominating the Top 5 Helmets for us to discuss. Will we manage to talk about this subject wi...

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May 27, 2022

Hold The Dark & Surf's Up

When you think about scenes in movies, boiling water never is too far from the screen. Tropes such as demanding that someone grabs hot water and towels when babies are born or directors using the whistling effect of a boiling...

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May 20, 2022

Nobody & Mr Benn

This week’s show sees us discussing The Razzies, the annual award ceremony dedicated to celebrating the very worst that Hollywood has to offer. Publicist John J.B. Wilson held a reverse Oscars party at his house in 1981 in wh...

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May 13, 2022

Call Me By Your Name & BabyTV

We begin this week’s show with a chat about the Top 5 Pre or Post Kill or Injury one-liners, a topic which baffled poor Dan with its complexity and caused one Bad Dad to lament that an interesting looking topic …

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May 6, 2022

Baby Driver & Rastamouse

When it comes to onscreen violence there's nothing quite like a beheading to get the blood pumping. Whether it be in service of the story or the audiences blood lust, screenwriters have chosen time after time to lop off a …

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April 29, 2022

Sound of Metal & Regular Show

Sidey is famed for his sartorial elegance so it should come as no surprise that he picked the Top 5 Suits for us to discuss. By the end of this week’s show, you'll know your two-piece from your three-piece, your …

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April 22, 2022

The King of Staten Island & The Loud House

As impossible as it is to imagine if all you ever do is listen to his razor sharp mental gymnastics and displays of intellectual acuity on the podcast, but Bad Dad Dan can from time to time be forgetful so …

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